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FRIENDLY GOODS A small selection of essential releases from other labels, selected for import by Radio Khartoum because they were otherwise unavailable in the North American market. |
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ORWELL: Le génie humain Twin Fizz Records (France) TFR0707 - CD $14 - buy My favorite album yet from Jérôme Didelot aka Orwell. Pop par excellence, "Le génie humain" is packed with orchestral maneuvers, soaring synths, and silky, buzzy goodness that bring Eggstone, Louis Philippe and the space bossa moments of Testbild! to mind. With influences running from the early 60s through the early 80s, Jerome's songs have a folk-like delicacy, but sail on intricate arrangements featuring strings, voices, woodwinds and keyboards galore. "Le genie humain" features collaborations with Médéric Gontier (Tahiti 80), Alexander von Mehren, JP Nataf, Ruth Minnikin (Heavy Blinkers), Miss Aprilia Sari (White Shoes and the Couples Company) and Julien Lonchamp (Jack and the'), among others. Recommended for fans of all of the above, plus Julien Ribot, Fugu and High Llamas. |
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| 01. Au-dessus de moi 02. Tout entier 03. Elémentaire 04. Le bon endroit 05. Septembre 06. Plus l'infini  |
07. J'ai tout oublié 08. Sun Holiday 09. Le génie humain 10. Sans précédent 11. De ce monde 12. Slow Down |
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TESTBILD!: Une teinte intense Friendly Noise (Sweden) fyn52 - CD $13 - buy A very pleasant left turn finds the Testbild! collective not in outer space or ocean depths, but in the Sahara circa 1900. Une teinte intense is a tribute to explorer Isabelle Eberhardt. Excerpts from her travel diaries float in a dreamy sound environment of Bedouin drums, echoing muezzin calls, and warm winds blowing in the distance, while pop melodies flow like spring water in the irrigation canals. Light as a mirage, this album bridges pop, jazz and exotica in the sun-bleached deserts of North Africa. |
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| 01. Je Suis Seul, Et Je Reve 02. Labyrinthine 03. Maghreb 04. La Tombée De La Nuit 05. The Moorish Café 06. Evening Star |
07. Ain-Sefra 08. Une Grand Calice Pale 09. Figuig 10. The Dying Mirage 11. L'Errante 12. Le Vent Du Desert Tarit Mes Yeux Humides |
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THE DREAMERS: Day For Night Friendly Noise (Sweden) fyn55 - CD $13 - buy A lovely suite of nocturnal pop from Kevin Wright (Mr. Wright, Always) and Sarah Nyberg Pergament (Action Biker). I love where Sarah's collaboration has taken Kevin's music...bridging the gap between those lovely, homesick pieces that turned up on Always' Thames Valley LP ... and Differnet. "All Across the City" is simply one of the loveliest tunes I've heard all year. |
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| 01. One Day In The Woods 02. Day For Night 03. Petit Nuage 04. Piccadilly Night Bus 05. A Place I Know |
06. So Near So Far 07. Michael 08. Out Of This World 09. All Across The City 10. Goodnight Farewell My Friend |
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DIFFERNET: Collapsing Universe Friendly Noise (Sweden) fyn50 - CD $13 - buy Stellar, crunchy melodics from perennial Friendly Noise favorites Differnet. Icy, beautiful, and kind of in-your-face at the same time. |
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| 01. Patterns of Parklands 02. Caring Arms 03. Savage 04. Prediction and Event |
05. Survival Kit 06. Electricity (is Not What it Used to Be) 07. Stadium 08. A Fairy Tale |
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DIFFERNET: The title of the new record is the text printed on the cover, or nothing at all. Friendly Noise (Sweden) fyn026 - CD $13 - buy The elusive second album by Differnet, available again. |
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| 01. A Fable 02. Edison 03. Saurau 04. On A Trail (Featuring Johan Duncanson) 05. Searching For My Right 06. Caligula |
07. Crash Reconstruction (Featuring CDOASS) 08. Kernel Panic 09. Albuquerque (Featuring Action Biker) full song 10. Analphabetism 11. Magnetic Memories |
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THE MAMS: Wam Bam! Gonzo/Muso (Wales) gm007 - CD $13 - buy I was so confident I would hate The Mams. Now I'm sure my friends will hate me for loving this. There's zero fashion going on here, but the record oozes cheese AND charm. The hooks are more than adequate (and more than plentiful) and the whole affair is suffused with a self-deprecating wit no American could ever touch. Plus it's got handclaps galore and a paean to handbag disco that is—how should I put this?—infinitely more sympathetic than The Kink's "Lola." And infinitely groovier. Livers and loafing also figure prominently. The trio on the recording purports to include former members of Tan Tro Nesa (1980s Welsh TV's answer to The Monkees), Idha, and The Hepburns, as well as a High Llamas fellow traveller, but don't let that discourage you... |
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| 01. Neighbourhood Watch 02. Ten Percent Loafer 03. The List 04. Carscrash 05. Mandy 06. West End Girls 2 Shangalang |
07. All Hail the Dilettantes 08. In the Summer 09. Flags in the Basement 10. Catch 11. 40-Something Asthmatic Chancer Seeks... |
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NEOANGIN: Scratchbook Lieblingslied Records (Germany) alive 6401730 - CD $17 - buy Another healthy dose of cartoon angst and off-brand bargain keyboard brilliance from Jim Avignon. RK loves Neoangin. 26 songs in 50 minutes, plus a 100 page, CD-sized hard cover book of artwork and lyrics. Genius! Inoculate yourself. Not to be missed: Aleksey Budovsky's video for the song "Jukebox." |
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| 01. Lets Go Where The Action Is 02. Conspiracy Of Mind 03. More Days Without Sleep 04. Der Haussegen Hangt Schief 05. I Miss Diego 06. Scrubble 07. Parasites In Paradise 08. Time And Money 09. Die Hormone Spielen Verrückt 10. Golden Harvest 11. Return Of The Soft Rebel 12. Lame Comeback 13. The Moron |
14. Scary Diary 15. Diamond Tears 16. Jukebox 17. Einen Ast Lachen 18. Me And The Establishment 19. Falsche Versöhnung 20. Stoli Tonic For 2 21. The Sane Song 22. Places In Mind 23. Just 24. The Finissage 25. Close To Impossible 26. Ciao |
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TESTBILD!: Imagine a House Friendly Noise (Sweden) fyn33 - CD $13 - buy Utterly lovely new album from Testbild!, now a quartet, with Petter and Mattias joined by Douglas Holmquist (Dr Higgins, Rodriguez) and film maker Pontus Lundkvist. Lacking most of the jagged postpunk edges of the second album or their recent 7" split with Anthony Rochester, the new Testbild! make good with gentle melodies and layers and layers of tasty keyboard, metallophone, lullaby vocals and atmospherics recorded in that house--you know, the one at the end of the street that you were forbidden to play in (but did, nevertheless). The band purport to be influenced by acid folk and Canterbury pop songs, but I think it's just sweet, moody and really good. Tasty artwork too, plus a 14 minute film* by Pontus, in a digipak with lyric book. *The RK mac had trouble playing the .avi file till I downloaded the free VLC Media Player. The film is pretty freaky, by the way—definitely more Eraserhead than Jacques Tati—and not exactly my cuppa, but the music is fabulous. |
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| 01. Inside Raindrops 02. Caryatides 03. Bas Jan Ader 04. Inspoor 05. Imagine A House 06. Sodaine 07. Isthmus 08. Shirley Dreams |
09. Phanopoeia 10. Suddenly Aching 11. Ipsifendus 12. Inmoor 13. A Lullaby In Vain 14. Ryska valsen 15. The Attic 16. Where Did This Begin |
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GYPSOPHILE!: Assunta Lenka lente (France) lkl-06-03 - CD $15 - buy Languid and intense, atmospheric songs from France, Assunta is the sixth full length album from Gypsophile and marks a further progression away from the nocturnal bedroom bossa of the early records and toward what songwriter Guillaume Belhomme calls "chanson free." Based in acoustic guitar, bass clarinet and light electronics, and guided by the vocals of Belhomme and Marine Livernette, "Assunta" (assumption, ascension) is perfect music for the small hours of the night. Quiet, but not exactly mellow: Belhomme's "free chanson" ascends into dissonance at just the right moments...a delicious unease. To be taken alone or with good friends and a good glass of your favorite libation. Tasteful 6 panel digipak. |
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| 01. Ouverture 02. Les soulevés 03. Marthe 04. Ceux qui traînent 05. Guimard 06. Tolède 07. Far, Geneva |
08. Kiffa 09. Vanderlinden 10. Entretien des grisailles 11. Arrivée 12. Des 3 dunes 13. La vie intense |
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NEOANGIN: Unhappy House |
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| 01. A Different Kind Of Train 02. I’m Taking My Secrets Into The Grave 03. It’s Not Easy Being Easy full.mp3 | realaudio 04. Spiders In The Same Net 05. The Tourist 06. Antiheroes 07. Where Has Everybody Else Gone 08. The Empty Feeling 09. The Boy Who Cant Relax |
10. Cool Today, Cold Tomorrow 11. 3 Foncalls In A Mailbox 12. Old Is The New Young 13. Ballad Of The Stolen Hearts 14. We Don’t Want A Solution 15. Landsend (A Town For No 1) 16. Marooned 17. If Everything’s Repeating full.mp3 | realaudio |
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RUDOLF ROCKER: Rabbiting With Richard Dido |
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01. Socks And Sandals 02. Hijack full.mp3 | realaudio 03. Chinsmen 04. Weak Bridge 05. Turner House 06. Valley Of Desire |
07. Circles 08. Fat Tuesday 09. See Marker 10. Shaky Egg 11. Heresies |
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RUDOLF ROCKER: Rousseau Mook Records (UK) MK08 - 7" $5 - buy An oddball gem that just kept floating back to the top of my 45s. Although from 1997, this single nails a certain 80s aesthetic so well that nobody noticed when I sneaked the A side into a postpunk mix made for friends a few years back, neatly sandwiched between The Slits and Club Tango. Maybe the Frenchy accordions and the stuck "bossanova" button on the drum machine should have tipped people off? The vocal is pure Mark E. Smith, whereas the music is more in the vein of early/prime period Monochrome Set at their most exotic and berserk. Bit of spy theme business going on, too, and a delightful overdose of flexi-tone keyboard action on the B-side's chorus. A. Rousseau B. Rudolf Rocker Theme |
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THE MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS: All My Bad Thoughts |
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| 01. The First Rumours of Spring 02. Don't Get Upset If I... 03. All My Bad Thoughts 04. Sins and Omissions 05. Stopping For Breath |
06. Koffee Pot 07. Brecht's Lost Waltz 08. Quite an Adventure 09. Journey's End full.mp3 | realaudio 10. It's Over, It's Finished, It's Ended, It's Done |
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THE MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS: Journey's End Vespertine & Son (UK) Vespertine & Son four - CD $7 - buy More crepuscular melodies from Roger Quigley (At Swim Two Birds) and Mark Tranmer (Gnac) mark the Manchester duo's return after 3 years in absentia. It's a very classical oriented outing, completely sans percussion yet as quietly intense as ever, as Quigley reflects on the changing face of his home town. Title track is taken from the brothers' new album, All My Bad Thoughts, however I think I like the other three tracks even better. The EP also includes a pair of slideshows, one for the title track and the other for a jaunty instrumental (OK, this one has percussion) called "Operation Faff" which has hitherto only been available as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of 2002's "The World is Flat". |
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| 01. Journey's End full.mp3 | realaudio 02. Bridestones Revisited 03. Koffee Pot Blues 04. Koffee Pot Brass |
+ slide shows: Journey's End Operation Laff |
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The Very Spit of THE OTTO SHOW Vespertine & Son (UK) Vespertine & Son two - CD $13 - buy A collection of vintage recordings from Otto Smart, the mysterious third Montgolfier Brother. Like labelmate/bandmate Quigley, Otto's sound is almost uncomfortably intimate. And even more fragile: a little rough at times, and frequently toy-like. Although generally grounded in guitar, the instrumentation is diverse, ranging from glockenspiel to harmonium. The style is totally out of synch with the 80s (when these songs were reportedly recorded by a teenage Otto), unless we think of él Records at their most shambolic. Otto's voice sounds a bit like Robert Wyatt's, but musically he seems to be channeling 50s jazz, Bacharach & David, and early 20th Century classical music out of the Marine Girls' shed. With the occasional mid song classical guitar explosion, just to throw the balance. Despite a few teenage rough bits, the lyrics here are substantial and will take you into seldom-to-never-charted territory involving lonely whales, disfigured Hollywood actresses, and Vikings on the train to Manchester. All with a persistent negativity which borders on deadpan comic genius: "Many things can make you sad / Several things can bring you joy" and "Some faces launch a thousand ships / Some faces couldn't budge a canoe," to quote just two couplets. Miserabilia with a wink, and another nice die-cut package like the At Swim number. Lovely drawing on the front by Otto's dad. |
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| 01. St James's Park 02. Drinking Problems 03. She Slipped Off Her Dress 04. The Gas Fire 05. Gloria Grahame's Face 06. Girl With a 345 07. The Loneliness of Francis Fry 08. Sweatin' at the Church of the Good Shepherd full.mp3 | realaudio 09. Col's Car full.mp3 | realaudio |
10. The Whale and Fred 11. Welcome to the Club 12. It's Only Sentiment 13. Six of One and Half a Dozen of the Other 14. Three Nightmares 15. On Saturday, I Saw A Viking 16. In the Morning 17. You Live and Learn. 18. Sharon and Sue's Theme |
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SAFARIARI: Save New York Cafe 2001 (Norway) caf003 - CD $11 - buy An electronic gem from 2001, which got lost in a horrible shuffle that had nothing to do with the music (if you really must know the sordid details, click here). Plone/Cornelius style electronics & wizardry, and a good infusion of house, sci-fi, Beach Boys (via Magnus from Remington Super 60/Nice System on vocals)...all in all a highly dynamic trip. Safariari also contributes an ace remix to the Micromars album on S.H.A.D.O. This is the original edition from Cafe 2001, as opposed to the dubiously renamed "Zebra Knights" on Trust Me. |
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| 01. 3 Feet & Rising 02. Sky is the Limit 03. Honey Making Money 04. Solar 05. Hoshi no ongaku full.mp3 | realaudio 06. New Zealand Story |
07. All About Love 08. Lunar 09. A Taste of Killing 10. Introducing 11. Love & Happiness 12. Save New York |
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TESTBILD!: The Inexplicable Feeling of September Friendly Noise (Sweden) fyn22 - CD $13 - buy RK artist Testbild! returns, this time by way of friendly label Friendly Noise (it was one of the label's bosses who originally referred Testbild! to RK back before FN was up and running). Another solid dollop of lilting pop melodies, jagged postpunk bits, and beautiful autumn melancholia. There's a new emphasis on choral arrangements this time around, and the album has an earthy feel as well. Very atmospheric at points...you'll drift, and just might experience some inexplicable feelings. |
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| 01. Another Day 02. Tangled Humidity 03. Rain And Air full.mp3 | realaudio 04. Clouds in Transit 05. Little Crystals 06. A Secret Note 07. You Don't Have to Go 08. Faded by Sun |
09. The Inexplicable Feeling of September 10. Undertow 11. Stettinergränd 12. Meerschaum 13. Sarkofag 14. Clandestine Clam full.mp3 | realaudio 15. Sparks From Extinct Steelworks |
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SEASHELLS: Remains of Something Sweet Quince (Japan) qrcp-18 - CD $13 - buy How I learned to stop worshiping UK pop, part one. It's little secret that Radio Khartoum fell out of love with the UK in the 1990's and fell in love with just about everywhere else. From the wooly north of Sweden, Seashells were one of my biggest early loves—or you might have called them a nail in the coffin of UK pop monotheism. And a lot of people agreed with me. But the weird thing was that everyone I talked to seemed to adore the the band for their 60's pop loves (Love, The Association, The Zombies, The Kinks, Phil Spector and, of course, Brian Wilson), whereas I was getting something completely different out of the 'Shells: incredible snap, bounce, brass, jangle and boundless zip. Great songwriting and tight arrangements which always seemed to be stopping and twisting on a 5-öre coin. Whatever your preference, here's a brand new 2004 album (the first in ages) and it finds me loving the 'Shells all over again (and for my same old reasons). |
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| 01. To Be Alone 02. Rivals In Love 03. Never Seen Anything Like This 04. Thru With Love (I Quit!) full.mp3 | realaudio 05. Holy Girls 06. What I Need |
07. No Points To Score 08. Older Than Yesterday 09. Landmarks (Of Our Love) 10. No Questions Answered? 11. Waving Goodbye |
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Les profils des dômes Lenka lente (France) lkl0401/1 - CD $11 - buy Guillaume Belhomme's Gypsophile began life as a French answer to the bossa influenced pop of A&M acts like Chris Montez, Pisano & Ruff, and Claudine Longet or to his then contemporaries: Blueboy. Gypsophile's music has always oozed with a continental sensibility. From 2001's De loin, les choses onwards, Gypsophile has been charting new, twilit territory: somewhere between classical, folk and jazz. Where 2002's Éloquence des fatigués was a something of a disappointment, Les profils is a liberation: Belhomme makes more with less. A feast, in fact. It is his most intimate and most confident work to date. With greater emphasis on instrumentals (three pieces at the center of the album, as well as the exquisite passages that transport us from one vocal to the next), Belhomme has created an album of remarkable coherency in which it's frequently impossible to say where one piece ends and another begins. Although less "pop" than before, Les profils embodies the mythical "continental" spirit as much as ever. You romantics who have overdosed on Satie, Duras and Crépuscule should give this a try. Self-release: professionally printed CDR in heavy (and textured) paper wrap-around cover which appears to have been printed on an ancient ink-jet printer: I actually kind of like the way the defective kerning of the text on the back of the cover adds to the home-made feel, as if it were typed on an old manual typewriter... More info? Check the review at splendidzine.com |
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| 01. L'Ethiopienne inuit 02. La doreuse du Djaï Khan 03. Les banlieuses belges full.mp3 | realaudio 04. Devant des fleurs singulières 05. Kathleen, Isobel 06. Repose |
07. L'Accord de Widor 08. Pour effacer quoi? et attendre 09. Autrement 10. Les voûtes immenses (sous) 11. Les Tambours |
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ORCHESTRA DU SOLEIL: Laboratoire Mondial Sloflo Music (Germany) flooo1 - CD $14 - buy Second album by the dreamy and wonderful Orchestra du Soleil. It's quite a bit like the first one, which is OK with me, since that was probably my favorite release of 2000 (and definitely my favorite record for napping/falling asleep to so far this decade). This one is a bit punchier, a bit more angular. The interludes are more abstract this time (no summer day lake noises). But basically it's just waves and crescendos of tripped out, multi-layered pop and airy harmony. Something vaguely late 60s/early 70s about the affair, and yet timeless too. With this guy who sounds like Louis Philippe's earthy brother crooning on top. Oh, and Carl from Merricks is involved, so how could it go wrong? |
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| 01. orgone 1 02. balloon pt one 03. biosphere 04. soul pavilion 05. oranur 06. dizzy time machine 07. pulsation 08. utopic painting video 09. bion |
10. balloon pt two 11. planeta 12. village du soleil 13. rotation 14. dorado de flores 15. solunar 16. la sphere mondial full.mp3 | realaudio 17. orgone 2 |
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Time Ticks Remixes Amuri Air (Finland) lento301 - 12" $11 - buy "Time Ticks Away" is the rainy-day synth and acoustic guitar hybrid from Terminus. While on the album the song is rendered with moody restraint, this 12" unleashes the song's synthpop potential with a very respectful remix (they used to do them like this, didn't they?) courtesy of analog outfit Nu Science (whose Mikko Ojanen has frequently joined Cessna on keys over the years, in addition to producing the new album). The "handmade" version is Tomi Cessna's original home recording, radically different from what the song would evolve into, but a lovely item all the same. Flipside remix by Sami Koivikko breaks things down in a dub way: modern and chill. This 12" is a self-release by the band. Apologies for the very Euro price. Combined effect of a weak dollar and the economics of small pressings. |
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| A1: Time ticks away (Nu Science version) A2: Time ticks in Kauttua (Handmade version) |
B1: Time dubs away (Sami Koivikko remix) |
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THE EMBASSY: Futile Crimes Service (Sweden) serv006 - CD $12 - buy Just a lovely little pop record from a new Swedish duo. A bit reminiscent of Sarah Records—in fact, I'd go so far as to say that this is first thing of that persuasion in years has really gotten me excited. Well, better not to overdo the Sarah angle, since the band themselves claim Orange Juice, New Order, Vic Godard and Cockney Rejects as favorites (none of which are big faves of mine, but never mind). But the music is crisp while packing the aches, so that (and the nice vocals) is where I get the Sarah thing from. It's good jangle and nice programming. Tip of the hat (once again) to Stefan from Benno/Friendly Noise for the tip off. |
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| 01. Boxcar 02. It Never Entered My Mind full.mp3 | realaudio 03. The Great Indoors People 04. Just a Dream Away 05. Sincerely Yours |
06. The Pointer full.mp3 | realaudio 07. Beggin' 08. La Haine 09. Hurt 10. Call It What You Want |
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AT SWIM TWO BIRDS: Quigley's Point Vespertine & Son (UK) Vespertine & Son one - CD $13 - buy back in stock First solo album in a long time from Quigley, and it's like having an old friend in the house—no matter that Roger (who is indeed an old friend...see Transmarine) has gone and re-christened himself "At Swim Two Birds." You know (or should know) his voice from The Montgolfier Brothers. Gentle yet intense, intimate...or is that confessional? Either way (and any way) we always find Quigley best when we want something quiet that is not background music. Undulating guitars with a hint of a carousel or circus in the distance, moody and pretty. Vaguely along the lines of the Durutti Column, but driven not by Vini's noodling, but by lyrics and personality. No, not that kind of personality—no rock stars please! This CD comes in a die cut paper sleeve, neatly folded and quite elegant in simple black and white. |
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| 01. Little White Lies 02. Close To 03. Darling full.mp3 | realaudio 04. Strange Designs 05. Women of a Certain Mental Age |
06. Old Enough to Know 07. If I Sit Still 08. Swedish Lakes 09. I Need Him 10. Things We'll Never Do |
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ORCHESTRA DU SOLEIL: A Summerday by the Lake S.H.A.D.O. (Italy) sub017 - CD $11 - buy For you popkids who only like sugar, stay away from this record. But if you fancy honey now and then, this is an album you can sink into. Laid back and trippy, this is an aquatic excursion with a lovely ebb and flow. Paced with interludes and plenty of musique concrete, the soundtrack builds to waves of multi-layered summer pop which overtake you before you realize what's happening. Louis Philippe stoned out of his mind? Perhaps not the best description (Stefan's voice does remind of Louis', however), but this is a wonderful record to play while you're falling asleep. We found out about this record through the Merricks connection, as Carl Oesterhelt (also of FSK and Carlo Fashion) is part of the trio. If it is possible to be elegant and spaced out at the same, Orchestra du Soleil have created the blueprint. Sweet dreams! |
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| 01. Flow 1 02. Spiral 03. Flow 2 04. 35° Celcius full.mp3 | realaudio 05. Flow 3 06. Chocolata 07. Flow 4 08. Star 09. Canoe 10. Les enfants du soleil 11. Picnic 1918 |
12. Birth 13. Parade 14. Seaweed 15. Regenbogen 16. Fantome 17. Lake 1 18. Orangiata 19. Lake 2 20. Beautiful Summer 21. Flow 5 |
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MICROMARS: Metro |
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| 01. I know about it 02. Why didn't my parents buy me a Casio 03. Mobile 04. Phasing out 05. Along someone else 06. Bright lights 07. Spatial localization 08. Thermoluminescent full.mp3 | realaudio 09. Cargo |
10. She's into cha cha cha 11. No easy way down Remixes: 12. Why didn't my parents buy me a Casio (Ceiling stars mix) remixed by HER SPACE HOLIDAY 13. Thermoluminescent (Thermoluminescent rmx) remixed by VALVOLA & ASTRO BLACK STEREO 14. Thermoluminescent (Credible rmx) remixed by SAFARIARI. |
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DIE MOULINETTES: Alfa Bravo Charlie S.H.A.D.O. (Italy) sub014LP - 2 x LP $11 - buy The second album from Claudia, Barbara and Kiki, and where their first had an almost too stylish cover and one definite hit, this outing packs the musical substance that the first one merely promised. Marina's loss is S.H.A.D.O.'s gain. A very solid album which touches on Morricone, Lalo Schifrin and Lio, Barbarella and The Love Boat, with homages to Rubik cubes and teenage Brooke Shields as a pinball wizards. 8 songs in English, Italian (presumably in honor of their new label) and German ('cause the Moulis are from Munich...a big town on the RK musical map). Followed by 8 remixes featuring Stereo Total, Maxwell Implosion, Erobique (ace!), The High Llamas (fortunately Sean doesn't sing!), Valvola, Electric Sheep, and DJ Me DJ You. The CD of this one is sold out at RK, however I actually think this is a record you want on vinyl, since there are some very DJ-able cuts among the remixes. |
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| The songs: 01. Love Air 02. Deep Down 03. Alfio Brambilla 04. Immer Nie Am Meer 05. Strano Mondo Di Tanti Nomi 06. Like A Rubik Cube 07. Flipper Queen - Du Kannst's Am Besten 08. Der Letzte Spieltag |
The remixes: 09. Deep Down (7 Gliders rmx) by THE HIGH LLAMAS 10. Strano Mondo Di Tanti Nomi rmx by STEREO TOTAL full.mp3 | realaudio 11. Love Air (Disco Futuro rmx) by VALVOLA 12. Alfio Brambilla (Acquarello mix) by THE MAXWELL IMPLOSION 13. Der Letzte Spieltag (Erobique mix) by EROBIQUE 14. Immer Nie Am Meer (Studio 45 mix) by ELECTRIC SHEEP 15. Like A Rubik Cube (Rubik Cube In Der Echokammer mix) by CLAUDIA KAISER & ALBERT POESCHL 16. Deep Down (Electro mix) by DJMEDJYOU |
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